Ironing board



July 8, 1924. 1,500,554 L. G. FAIRCHILD IRONING BOARD Fil ed Jan. 5,. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l Z, Gifazkc/E aid;

L. G. FAIRCHILD July 8 1924.

LRONING BOARD 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan" -3 gvvuen ioz LaFaz'm/aiz Patented July 8, 1924.

assa LAWRENCE e. FAIRCI-IILD, or LEN ARY, TENNESSEE.

IEQNING BOARD.

Application filed January s, 182a;- seri'a1 No. 526,673.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, LA\VRENCE Gr. FAIR CHILD, citizen'of the United States, residing at Glenmary, in the county of Scott and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards, of which the following is a specificationj My invention relatesrto an' improved ironing board which combines with it a clothes rack and a fiat-iron stand. In, this manner I-provide an ironing board, which is very convenient in its useas, after it has been setup, the operator may remain in one place to do the ironing without'having to fetch the clothes from elsewhere every time a new piece is to be ironed and the flat-iron is ready at hand when it is needed. In this way my invention saves time and labor. Moreover, as the board with the rack and stand are always put away together, taking very little room for storage, they will also be found together when needed and no hunting for one or" the other will be necessary, thereby again providing aitime saver for the possessor.

In the accompanying drawings one em bodiment of the invention has been illustrated and:

Figure 1 shows theironing board in perspective-view in position for use,

Figure 2 a bottom plan view of the board folded, I v

Figure ,3 a side elevation also with the board folded,

Figured a fragmentary transverse section across the ironing board and clothes rack,

Figure 5 a detail of the connectionbetween the clothes rack and the board,

Figure 6 a perspective view of portions of the flat-iron stand,

Figure 7 a section along line 7-7 of Figure 4:,

Fig. 8 is a detail section through one side of the rack.

The device comprises a table top or board 10 tapered toward both ends. At its widest part, near the rear end of the top, is provided a hinge 11 for carrying both the front legs 12 and the rear legs 13, all of which are adapted to fold fiat against the top, extendin in the direction of the front end, as best s own in Figure 2, the legs being provided with rungs 14: and 15 to give rigidity to the structure. A connecting rod 16 is pivoted on the rung 14 and is provided with a medial notch 17 and an end notch 18. The formeris intended to engage'with the rung 15 of the rear legs when they are folded and the other notch 18 is intended to engage with the rung 15 when the board is in' erected position, as best shown in Figure 1.

It will, now be noted that with the legs locked in this position when erected, the top 10 is still free to swing onthe hinge 11. In order to provide a connection between the top and thelegs, a chain 19 is secured under the rear end of the top, as at 120, and a hook 21 is attached to the free end of the chain for the purpose of engaging around the rung 15 on the rear legs. In this manner, the top is supported from the :rear legs while the front end is suspended in the air, and thus clothing such asishirts, waists and skirts, or the like, can be drawn over the narrow-end of the board without hindrance. 1':

In order to give a firm connection between the top and the legs, I also provide a prop 22 at the front end of the top, where the prop is carried in a bearing 23 in such a; manner that it may be folded under the top-and slid inand 'out of its housed position while, when the prop reaches its extreme outward position, it may be swung in its bearing perpendicularly to the top. For

this purpose, a slot 24 running lengthwise of the prop is provided engaging the hinge p-inf of the bearing 23. At the free end of the prop .a fork 25 is formed for engaging th'e rung l t-in the front legs 12, thereby sustaining the weight of the front end of the top upon the front legs:

At one side of the rear end of the top is pivoted an arm 26 in a bracket 27 attached to the underside of the top and, at the end of the arm, is secured, by rivets or in any other suitable manner, a plate 28 preferably shaped with upturned edges for receiving a flat-iron. -When in use, this flatiron stand is swung out, as shown in Figure 1, but when not in use, it takes the position under the top, as seen in Figure 2.

About the middle of the top, on its under side, are secured a pair of guides or runways 30 for the folding clothes rack. These runways are disposed transversely of the top and carry a sliding leaf 31 engaging in the guides or runways. This sliding leaf 31 is built in the shape of a frame having suitable cross connections 32 and 33 and'at its free end carries a bolt 34 upon whichis pivoted a second leaf 35 also constructed in the form of a frame with a cross bar 36 at its rear end projecting sidewise, as at 37, to provide 'a stop adapted to abut the sliding leaf 31 and thereby limit the swinging of the leaf 35. In a similar manner, the leaf 38 is hinged to the free end of the leaf 35, and the extreme leaf 39 is hinged to the free end of the leaf 38, both having stops 40 and 41, as already described with regard to the leaf 35. When the leaves are drawn out and then unfolded, as best shown in Figures 1 and 4, they will form a rigid structure constituting a clothes rack, but when folded together, the leaves will fit snugly within the sliding leaf 31 to be pushed in under the top 10. It Will be observed that the leaves diminish in size from the sliding leaf outward and that each succeeding leaf fitswithin the arms of its predecessor, this being the reason why it is possible to fold them so closely, the leaves resting against the abutments 46, 47 and 48 respectively.

On each side of the sliding leaf 31 is to be found an arm 42 preferably made of bent wire, the ends of which are riveted, as at 43, to the underside of the sliding leaf and the inwardly directed loop 44 of the wire is bent toward the sliding leaf. By this arrangement, it will be seen that when the sliding leaf 31 is drawn out to the fullest extent,

as shown in Figures 4 and 5, the loop end 44 of each arm 42 will fold over and engage a stud or depending abutment 45 secured infthe' guideways 30, but, when the sliding leaf31 is pushed inwardly, the stud 45 will slip out between the shanks of the arms 42 so as to be freed therefrom.-

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a. board, of a foldable clothes rack mounted 'on the under side of the board to extend laterally therefrom or to lie beneath the same, a collapsible supportfor the board hinged to the under side thereof below and at one side of said rack whereby to extend across the folded rack and hold the same against movement when collapsed, and releasable means for retaining the support in collapsed condition. 2. The combination with an ironing board having a flat top, of transverse guides on the under side of the said top provided with depending abutments, and a rack comprising a series of leaves hingedly connected to each other end to end whereby they are adapted to fold together and one end leaf slidably engaging said guides whereby it may be moved beneath the board, and slotted arms on said slidable leaf adapted to engage said abutments on the guides when the leaf is projected beyond the side of the board.

3.. The combination with an ironing board having a fiat top, of guides on the under side of said top, a foldable rack comprising a sliding leaf engaging in said guides, and a set of hinged leaves of successively diminishing width, the largest of said hinged leaves having pivotalconnection with said sliding leaf whereby all the leaves may be folded into nested relation within the slidable leaf, and a lateral projection on said largest hinged leaf forming a stop to abut the sliding leaf when the. rack is in extended position.

4. The combination with an ironing board having a flat top; of guides'on the under side of said top, a rack'co-mprising a sliding leaf engagingin said guides, and a; set of hinged leaves of graded size, the-largest of said hinged leaves having pivotal connection with said sliding leaf, a projection forming a stop for said' sliding leaf when the rack is in extended position, and astop on each of the hinged leaves to bearagainst an adjacent leaf whereby a. rigid structure with said top is formed by said leaves whenun- I folded.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

I LAWRENCE G. FAIRCHILD, [L. s.] 

